Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the Roy & Patricia Disney Family Foundation has awarded the California Department of Justice $150,000 in grant funding for “Back on Track–LA,” a recidivism reduction pilot initiative led by the California Department of Justice, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Los Angeles County Probation Department, and other public and private-sector partners.

Sacramento, California - Six bills authored by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D- Coachella) passed the Senate Appropriation Committee Suspense File. The bills now head to the Senate Floor for approval. Topping his bill list are three local measures:

Contra Costa County, California - The FBI Safe Streets Task Force, a task force made up of multiple law enforcement agencies, arrested several alleged members of the Norteño street gang in Contra Costa County on August 3.

Napa, California - As the second anniversary of the August 24, 2014 South Napa earthquake approaches, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and volunteers, along with faculty and students from California State University, East Bay are planning an experiment to visualize the subsurface in and around the City of Napa and measure how the ground responds to earthquake shaking in different neighborhoods.

San Francisco, California - A federal jury found Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) guilty Tuesday of multiple willful violations of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (“PSA”) and obstructing an agency proceeding, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen M. Wagstaffe, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge William Swallow, FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini.

Jacumba Hot Springs, California - U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man previously convicted of child molestation after he illegally crossed the border in East County on Monday afternoon.